The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including...
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Ska (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
that the difference between R&B and ska beats is that the former goes "chink-ka" and the latter goes "ka-chink". Famous ska band the Skatalites recorded...
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Guns of Navarone (song) (category The Specials songs)
including one by the Jamaican group the Skatalites whose single was released in 1965, and reached No. 35 on the UK Singles Chart in 1967. The orchestral theme...
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Coxsone Dodd (category Commanders of the Order of Distinction)
singing as a part of The Wailers. In the early 1960s, Dodd was producing ska hits by Toots and the Maytals, the Gaylads, and the Skatalites. Dodd's "You're...
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"Coxsone Dodd, 72, Pioneer of the Jamaican Pop Music Scene, Dies". The New York Times. (online) "The Skatalites". Skatalites.com. Retrieved 3 September 2019...
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Reggae (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Lloyd Brevett from the Skatalites, Paul Douglas from Toots and the Maytals, Lloyd Knibb from the Skatalites, Winston Grennan...
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Ryan Adams (redirect from The Suicide Handbook)
Bonnie Raitt, Manu Chao, The Roots, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites. The year 2005 saw Adams join...
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murdered on New Year's Day in 1965, by her boyfriend Don Drummond of the Skatalites band. Anita Mahfood was born in Kingston, Jamaica. She had three sisters...
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house band, the Skatalites, the Maytals' close-harmony gospel singing ensured success, overshadowing Dodd's other up-and-coming vocal group, the Wailers....
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I'm The Guns of the [sic] Navarone." "Guns of Navarone" by the Jamaican band The Skatalites (1965) is a Ska standard, which reached #36 in the British...
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Doreen Shaffer (category The Skatalites members)
reggae singer. Known as the "Queen of Ska", she was a founding member in 1964 of the Skatalites. Following the death of Skatalites member Lester Sterling...
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Christine Keeler (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
by the BBC due to its subject matter. The single had also been banned by Radio Luxembourg. In 1964, the Jamaican ska band The Skatalites released the song...
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scene of the first episode of the third series, the cover version recorded by The Skatalites in 1994 is played at the bar. It appeared on the official...
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Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites. The band guest-performed with the Dave Matthews Band during their 2007 summer tour. Members of the Roots played in various...
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Kingston, Jamaica, in 1963, by Tony Brevett (born 1949, nephew of The Skatalites bassist, Lloyd Brevett), Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton. Renford Cogle...
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Don Drummond (category The Skatalites members)
was a Jamaican ska trombonist and composer. He was one of the original members of The Skatalites, and composed many of their tunes. In 1966, Drummond was...
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topped the Jamaican charts in 1964 with "Simmer Down", which was recorded at Studio One with the rhythm section from the studio house band the Skatalites. "Simmer...
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This is the discography of Jamaican reggae group Toots and the Maytals, including their releases as 'the Maytals' as well as the solo discography of their...
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film's theme song, covered by Jamaican ska group The Skatalites in 1965 and later covered by The Specials "Guns of Navarone", a 2021 song by Sean Paul...
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Prince Buster's second studio album. The album features many ska legends, including The Skatalites, Toots and the Maytals, Roland Alphonso, and Don Drummond...
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Jackie Mittoo (category The Skatalites members)
songwriter and musical director. He was a member of The Skatalites and musical director of the Studio One record label. Upon hearing of Mittoo's death...
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Cedric Brooks (section With the Skatalites)
member of The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari, The Sound Dimensions, Divine Light, The Light of Saba, and The Skatalites. Brooks became a pupil at the renowned...
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Rocksteady (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
When ska band the Skatalites disbanded (64/65—accounts vary) McCook went to work at the Treasure Isle label and Jackie Mittoo went to the Studio One label—these...
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Lester Sterling (category The Skatalites members)
with most of the future Skatalites members, in bands such as Clue J & His Blues Blasters. Sterling was a founding member of The Skatalites (playing alto...
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to ska in the early 1960s, and was a founding member of the Skatalites, singing with the band on tracks such as "Come Down" and "I'm in the Mood For Ska"...
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known for his work with the Skatalites and hit singles such as "Sammy Dead Oh" and "Oil in My Lamp". Morris grew up in the Trench Town area of Kingston...
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Tommy McCook (category The Skatalites members)
founding member of The Skatalites, he also directed The Supersonics for Duke Reid, and backed many sessions for Bunny Lee or with The Revolutionaries at...
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No Doubt (category Pages using the EasyTimeline extension)
Raitt, Manu Chao, The Roots, Ryan Adams, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites. Stefani launched...
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Shaggy (musician) (category United States Marine Corps personnel of the Gulf War)
Manu Chao, The Roots, Ryan Adams, Keith Richards, Toots Hibbert, Paul Douglas, Jackie Jackson, Ken Boothe, and The Skatalites. Following the release of...
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Bedouin Soundclash (category Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year winners)
variety of performers including Ben Harper, Damian Marley, The Skatalites, Burning Spear and The Junction, among others, and embarked on a sold-out tour...
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